Show t I H Washington Women Are Auction Mad 11 t I OfJ roe Imo TUB loyal legion of congress women wom-en who hung on In Washington during tho dog days encouraging their husbands found surcease for sultry solitude In auctions Tho Washington Wash-ington female Is auction mad Theresa Theres-a greater glamour hero over tho sale of other peoples old rubbish than anywhere any-where else In the country Power Is always changing hands Nobody stays put In his high estate and when tho dignitaries got their walking papers pa-pers they sell out all their household goods as n rule Hence tho avid feminine fem-inine scramble for foreign and historic his-toric relics The smartest society Is always to be found In tho fashionable auction rooms In Washington The retiring foreign minister dodge Is worked to a fine financial finish by foxy auctioneers Thoro aro usually moro auctions to celebrate their retiring than there lire nilnltuuru to retire Uut whos going to keep tab Diplomatic debris lu always at a premium Discards from legations whether genuine or apocryphal are gobbled gluttonously Most congressional congres-sional wives go back homo laden with sacred relics from auction houses more or less authenticated One of these ardent ladles picked up recently at a rare bargain In prime condition apparently an oriental rug warranted to have been highly prized by a prominent diplomat who parted with It reluctantly upon his recall to his own country The rug which had never known a foreign footfall wore beautifully for a month or two then fell all to pieces at ono fell swoop like tho wonderful onehorse shny Tho fabric which was literally worn In holes had been strengthened and renewed by a preparation of glue on the back tho threadbare spots filled I up to a firm consistency by the use of red egg dyo paint The disenchanted disen-chanted lady had only a shoddy rug to show for her 75 expenditure Still I the thrall of tho auction room never diminishes j |